. Gettysburg; the story of the battle of Gettysburg and the field, described as it is on the fiftieth anniversary, 1863-1913 . Curtin TheNational Cemetery Few visitors leave Gettysburg with-out paying their tribute of respect to the3555 soldier dead who lie in the NationalCemetery, almost in the heart of thebattle-field on which they gave up theirlives in the struggle for supremacy be-tween the North and the South. Crowning the crest of East CemeteryHill and directly adjoining the old Ever-green Cemetery, which overlooked theterrific night fight of July 2, the National Cemetery,with its semi-c
. Gettysburg; the story of the battle of Gettysburg and the field, described as it is on the fiftieth anniversary, 1863-1913 . Curtin TheNational Cemetery Few visitors leave Gettysburg with-out paying their tribute of respect to the3555 soldier dead who lie in the NationalCemetery, almost in the heart of thebattle-field on which they gave up theirlives in the struggle for supremacy be-tween the North and the South. Crowning the crest of East CemeteryHill and directly adjoining the old Ever-green Cemetery, which overlooked theterrific night fight of July 2, the National Cemetery,with its semi-circular rows of graves, arranged accordingto states, and most of them marked — except thepathetic section in which lie the 979 unknown victimsof the battle—also marks the northern line of troops andguns from the evening of July 1, until Meade evacuatedthe town. After the battle interment was made of all the deadat various points of the fields, rough markers being set when Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, visitedGettysburg shortly after the battle, to bring relief tothe wounded survivors, he found that many of
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